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Release form for medical practitioners
(For physicians who complete a medical declaration under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations)

The amended Marihuana Medical Access Regulations no longer require physicians to "recommend" the daily dosage of marijuana, the form, or the route of administration. However, a physician is still required to indicate in his or her medical declaration, the daily amount, form and route of administration that "the applicant intends to use."

While physicians are now not required to state that the benefits of marijuana use outweigh the risks, the amended regulations still require the applicant to declare that he or she has discussed the risks with the physician who signs the medical declaration. Some physicians may not be entirely comfortable with this approach, from a process or a knowledge standpoint.

The CMPA recommends that physicians who complete the medical declaration ask the applicant to sign a release from liability produced by the CMPA. Physicians may want to keep copies of this form on hand for future use.

pdf icon Release form for medical practitioners (Marihuana Medical Access Regulations)

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO QUEBEC PHYSICIANS: The Quebec College recommends that Quebec physicians limit their involvement in Health Canada’s access to marijuana program to the signature of medical certificates setting out the patient’s health condition. With respect to the CMPA’s release form, please note that article 11 of the Quebec’s Code of Ethics of Physicians reads as follows:

11. A physician must, in the practice of his profession, assume full civil liability at all times. He may not elude or attempt to elude, nor request that a patient or person renounce any recourse taken in a case of professional negligence on his part.

Please contact the Quebec College for any additional information with respect to its position regarding physician participation in the program or the implications of article 11 of the Code of Ethics.